Stories tagged “life”
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A Message to the Misguided People of the World
None of you know What life is all about, Nor do you know True optimism— Being hopeful in the midst of despair, Steadfast in the face of adversity. Witnessing all sorts of evils, Acknowledging them fully, And still managing to find The goodness in hum...
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Survival
Robert watched the family walk down the hall and out of sight. They had dodged another bullet; his supervisor would be pleased. He closed the door and sat in the still-warm seat at the terminal. The blinking cursor depressed him deeply. It wasn’t...
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Eternity Services
“What was that guy’s name again?” Edward asked, hastily jotting down every detail of the encounter that he could remember. “Robert, I think,” said Pauline, glancing back over her shoulder as if she could see where the tech...
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Past Imperfect
“Right there,” he said and with a quick gesture Alex summoned the system controls in mid air beneath his open hand. The HALO playback paused, a shimmering holographic projection of a man, eyes closed, head against a mirror froze before him....
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Beside You in Time
Disorientation, blinding pain, confusion and finally clarity. The feel of cold glass against his head and warm tears on cheeks. Alex slowly opened his eyes, blinking to gain focus. It worked, good. Deep breath, his younger body felt good… at leas...
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A Stitch in Nine Saves Time
Lights strobed red and klaxons wailed as Jeff ran down the corridor to the Directors office. HALO had sensed the first waves of an incoming temporal storm. A paradox was forming, and from the looks of it, this one was going to be major. “Report,&...
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Time's Fun When You're Having Flies
The plan was simple and elegant, Diana would jump back in time to a point just before Alex. One well placed wet kiss New Years Eve night and the carefully crafted nano machine virus would do the rest… make a full synaptic backup then lay in wait....
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Stands the Test of Time?
Finding your car in a parking lot after leaving it there for a few days could be challenging… remembering where you parked the car 25 years ago, now that’s interesting! Locating the car was just the start. Alex hoped it would be like riding...
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Time Wounds All Heals
Where the fuck was she? No, better yet, when the fuck was she? Diana was lost in time and ramifications were just sinking in. What had gone wrong? How had she ended up here? It was Alex of course. He’s smart, He planned for this. How could she no...
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Shadows
A soldier’s shadow Feels no pain Sliding over jagged gravel— Its black outline does not contain The fragile face from which it came The fragile face that’s in my aim Is mute and vague I cannot hear its screams It hasn’t lived or died ...
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Existential Death Hole
Jeron screwed up his eyes, trying to comprehend his friend’s glee, “You’re kidding right?” “I am…dead serious,” Kyle intoned dryly, before bursting into giggles cut short only by his voice cracking. “Real...
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Wrong Turn At Albuquerque
Declan’s eyes snapped open. He was still laying down, but the doctors were gone. As he slowly became more and more aware, he realized that the hospital was, too. He was stiff and sore, and wasn’t moving too good, so he just looked around fo...
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The Telling
She sits at the table with her hands folded neatly in front of her, fingers woven together, green nail polish chipping, flaking, but the same color as her startling eyes. We have never spoken before, but her eyes feel familiar somehow. Maybe in another...
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Bouldercreek Series - The Beginning Of The End
“I never asked before – I never really thought I would have to ask so soon, but I must ask, is it the fear of death really the one thing that bounds us from living are lives.” said Rachel. “I never really had to ever think about...
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She was in Florida, Waiting for Heaven
She was in Florida, waiting for heaven. It was raining, and she pressed one wrinkled palm against the cool pane of plate-glass, wishing she could cry, wishing that tears would flow down her creased face the same way the rain flowed down the cool glass ...
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Unlikely Companions
Why the hell is it so cold? I knew that there would be some discomfort involved, but I didn’t know that feeling the cold would be one of them. I’m not supposed to be conscious. The day before the lights went out, I sat in the park with . . ...
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A Wishful Thought
To dream a better world A man has to lay his life in a desolate playground Fighting for what is right and what may as well be wrong To dream to end the suffering in the world To stop the hungry children To stop the wasteful beatings To stop the bu...
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fade to grey
“Shh, shush now” I said in a calming voice, “it’ll all be over soon”. Her eyes almost seemed to accept the inevitable and I could feel the remnants of her life moving through my body. She gasped one more time and was gone....
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Emily Dickinson 2.0
I heard a fly buzz when I died. It was still buzzing, flinging its tiny blue self against the cold window, when I came back the next day. I had signed away what portion of me I could make assignable—namely, that dim and bottled essence some call ...
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Emily Dickinson Comes Back
I heard a fly buzz when I died. It was still buzzing, flinging its tiny blue self against the cold window, when I came back the next day. That strange and corruptive germ that had been robbing Death of his rightful charges had gripped me. I could feel ...
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Whisper
He leaned over and whispered in my ear “I do not know why, but I do not think I have long for this life”. I never heard from him after that conversation. The nurse said it was my conscious saying I was scared of the image of my father passi...
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fly
Tears ran down her face as the last of the sun’s rays crossed the skies, kissing them and making it seem like she was crying tears of blood. She opened her eyes one last time to the beautiful scene that was laid before her. This was it, it would be o...
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Never Trust Me
In my youth I was a child of turbulent times and ungracious wants. Over my head hung the stink of the future that was sure to find a serpentine path of waves and sines, finding me in the present. I came into understanding. That precious rule that time ...
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The Death Of A Love One
“Life is to short.” – “No honey life is just the journey we endure before death comes and takes us home.” – “What if I just want to stay where I am.” – “I wish that as well dear, but sometimes...
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A Mother and Her Children
I always thought Mother Earth would end the same way she began: with a big bang. But now I realize, she will go out with dignity. Or with as much dignity as she can have while parasitic life forms suck her dry of everything she has. I am a blemish on m...